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    From Netsurge@77:1/100 to All on Fri Mar 6 15:45:44 2020
    Just landed 2 TI-99/4A's for $30 off of Facebook Marketplace. Anyone wanna
    buy a TI-99/4A? lol

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  • From jokker@77:1/100 to Netsurge on Fri Mar 6 19:07:44 2020
    Just landed 2 TI-99/4A's for $30 off of Facebook Marketplace. Anyone
    wanna buy a TI-99/4A? lol

    Jeez man! When you're hot, you're hot!

    I had one awhile back, died and then I passed my stuff on to someone else. Nothing much of a draw to the platform for me. Parsec was pretty decent and
    so was Tunnels Of Doom.

    Still can't fault you for the deal though!

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to jokker on Fri Mar 6 20:36:54 2020
    Still can't fault you for the deal though!

    I thought so. The only reason I wanted one was to build the TIPI addon that uses a Raspberry Pi.which allows the Pi to be used as storage and it allows
    you to connect to a SMB share and grab disk images, essentially it is a harddrive and network adapter for the TI.

    It even has telnet support and someone has written a 40/80 col ANSI colour telnet client so you can call bbses from it.

    There is even multiuser apps that have been written for the TI that allows
    you to play games such as Chess, a multi-user RPG and even a chat client with other TI users who are using the TIPI addon.

    Wild times, this computer was released in 81, that is nearly 40 years ago.

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  • From jokker@77:1/100 to Netsurge on Fri Mar 6 22:30:50 2020
    I thought so. The only reason I wanted one was to build the TIPI addon that uses a Raspberry Pi.which allows the Pi to be used as storage and
    it allows you to connect to a SMB share and grab disk images,
    essentially it is a harddrive and network adapter for the TI.

    It even has telnet support and someone has written a 40/80 col ANSI
    colour telnet client so you can call bbses from it.

    There is even multiuser apps that have been written for the TI that
    allows you to play games such as Chess, a multi-user RPG and even a chat client with other TI users who are using the TIPI addon.


    My god man now you are tempting me, you damn big city pusher! I should let my friend know about that though since he has most of my old TI stuff after he
    got one himself.

    Wild times, this computer was released in 81, that is nearly 40 years
    ago.

    Yup and hawked by our TV's fallen from grace Dad, Bill Cosby.

    "cause you see the kids tooooday...llllove the com-PUT-oors and the PUD-DING POPS"

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to jokker on Fri Mar 6 22:53:16 2020
    My god man now you are tempting me, you damn big city pusher! I should
    let my friend know about that though since he has most of my old TI
    stuff after he got one himself.

    I'm placing an order on PCBway for the pcb. I tend to always get 4 or 5
    copies of the board, just in case (plus it's so cheap). If they are
    interested, they can have the unit for the cost of the PCB and the ICs that
    go with it, by my math it's about $20.

    I also placed an order for a few pcbs for the C64 diagnostic card wiring hardness if anyone is interested.

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  • From jokker@77:1/100 to Netsurge on Sat Mar 7 09:28:34 2020
    I'm placing an order on PCBway for the pcb. I tend to always get 4 or 5 copies of the board, just in case (plus it's so cheap). If they are interested, they can have the unit for the cost of the PCB and the ICs that go with it, by my math it's about $20.

    Cool, I'll take one for him now and I can give it to him as a house-warming gift. (He just bought his first house)

    I also placed an order for a few pcbs for the C64 diagnostic card wiring hardness if anyone is interested.

    We probably put in a joint order for some of those power supply protector things for C64/Vic20. I could use a couple just to be on the safe side.

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to jokker on Sat Mar 7 09:31:54 2020
    Cool, I'll take one for him now and I can give it to him as a house-warming gift. (He just bought his first house)

    Cool. I will let you know when they get in.

    We probably put in a joint order for some of those power supply protector things for C64/Vic20. I could use a couple just to be on the safe side.

    I have one and used it as two of my original PSUs decided to go bye-bye. I
    now use a rebuilt PSU that I made with modern components.

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  • From Dumas Walker@77:1/115 to NETSURGE on Sat Mar 7 11:19:00 2020
    I thought so. The only reason I wanted one was to build the TIPI addon that uses a Raspberry Pi.which allows the Pi to be used as storage and it allows you to connect to a SMB share and grab disk images, essentially it is a harddrive and network adapter for the TI.

    If they could get the Pi to emulate the Expansion System, that'd be great!
    It sort of sounds like it, for the most part, does. :)

    It even has telnet support and someone has written a 40/80 col ANSI colour telnet client so you can call bbses from it.

    Wild times, this computer was released in 81, that is nearly 40 years ago.

    I have one. I need to look into the TIPI.


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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to Dumas Walker on Sat Mar 7 18:18:58 2020
    If they could get the Pi to emulate the Expansion System, that'd be
    great! It sort of sounds like it, for the most part, does. :)

    That is exactly what it does. You entire device is a PiHat that has a
    connector that hooks right into the expansion slot.

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  • From JIMMY ANDERSON@77:77/10 to NETSURGE on Sat Mar 7 10:33:00 2020
    NETSURGE wrote to ALL <=-

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    Just landed 2 TI-99/4A's for $30 off of Facebook Marketplace. Anyone
    wanna buy a TI-99/4A? lol

    No - but that's an interesting find! :-)




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